Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones

Josh Harkinson

Mother Jones

Oakland, CA, United States

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Past:
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  • BillMoyers.com

Past articles by Josh:

It’s 2017, and Most States Still Allow Shackling of Prisoners During Labor and Delivery –

Is this really necessary? → Read More

9 House districts California Democrats are trying to flip

Longtime Republican strongholds may be vulnerable. → Read More

If Democrats Are Going to Win Back the House, They Need to Get Their Act Together in California –

But first the party has to deal with trust issues. → Read More

Can This Berniecrat Congressman Win Silicon Valley Over to His Progressive Agenda?

US Rep. Ro Khanna wants to build a democratic coalition that would bridge the gap between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters. → Read More

Can This Berniecrat Congressman Win Silicon Valley Over to His Progressive Agenda? –

Once elected, Ro Khanna was supposed to go back to being a centrist. Instead, he veered way left. → Read More

Farmers Say This Weedkiller Is Also Killing Their Soybean Plants –

Across the Southern United States, a virulent new pest has been afflicting soybean crops. Farmers claim it causes the plants’ leaves to cup together, their budding stems to die back, and their beans to curl into twisted, malformed pods. But this scourge is not your usual insect or fungus: It is dicamba, a potent weedkiller. Monsanto sells a version of this herbicide that is harmless to the… → Read More

The Trump Administration Just Greenlit a Project That Will Devastate California’s Most Fragile Ecosystems –

And it will cost water users a whopping $14 billion. → Read More

The Trump Administration Is Pulling a Grant From a Group That Combats Neo-Nazis

An Obama-era program will shift its focus and dollars to groups combating Al Qaeda and ISIS. → Read More

Meet the ex-felon cashing in as a pro-Trump, antifa-bashing ”superhero”

The ”alt right” has become a mean business—literally. → Read More

Hawaii Considers Radical Idea to Make Life in Paradise a Little Easier

A new bill enshrines the right to ”basic financial security.” → Read More

Inside Marine Le Pen's "Foreign Legion" of American Alt-Right Trolls

4channers and other "meme warriors" are battling for France's far-right presidential candidate. → Read More

Berkeley Mayor Calls Out Ann Coulter for Stoking Possible Violence

And he vows to crack down on alt-right and antifa mayhem. → Read More

How Ann Coulter and the Far Right Are Using the Lefty Playbook to Troll Berkeley

Eat your heart out, Saul Alinksy. → Read More

Airlines Treat People Like Dirt Because the Republicans Let Them

Policymakers reacted swiftly this week to the outrageous viral video of officers forcibly removing a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight. → Read More

Airlines Treat People Like Dirt Because the Republicans in Congress Let Them

"It's an ongoing frustration," says one consumer advocate. "I'm disappointed." → Read More

Airlines Treat People Like Dirt Because the Republicans in Congress Let Them –

"It's an ongoing frustration," says one consumer advocate. "I'm disappointed." → Read More

California Just Did What Trump and Congress Won't

The Golden State passes a massive infrastructure plan—paid for by (gasp!) new taxes → Read More

California Is About to Ask Its Liberals to Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are

Will the state approve Jerry Brown's proposed gas tax to fund infrastructure? → Read More

Trump Donates His Presidential Salary to the Park Service While Pushing Cuts That Would Harm It

The gift represents .005% of the cuts his budget proposes at the Interior Department. → Read More

Republicans Just Voted to Let Internet Service Providers Sell Your Browsing History

Advertisers will be able to track your habits without you even knowing. → Read More